Python command line SETUP for ABSOLUTE BEGINNER with Python

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I'm "new school" meaning that i've never really used the command prompt(they didn't teach us anything but IDE's in school). I would like to setup Python using Notepad++ for the editor, and winpdb as my debugger.

I want stuff to work really easy from the cmd prompt but it is not.

This is what I put in my System Environment: C:\PYTHON27;C:\PYTHON27\DLLs;C:\PYTHON27\LIB;C:\PYTHON27\LIB\LIB-TK;C:\PYTHON27\LIB\SITE-PACKAGES;

This is what i want to have happen (but it doesn't work, doesn't load python or the script): python myscript.py Then it should run the interpreter. I'd like it to find my script file wherever it may be.

Can someone baby-step me through this command line setup (the docs expect the user to know how to fluently use the cmd prompt)

I just don't want to have to manually put in path every single time I want to do something

Also I have Console2, I would rather use this than the standard cmd. How do i get it to have the same functionality that i'm looking for?

Martin Stone · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-22 17:25:47Z

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The PATH doesn't affect where data files are found. (And your script is a data file as far as Windows is concerned). You should cd C:\Path\to\folder\with\your\scripts when you open your command prompt, and then you'll be able to python myscript.py from there.

(You might like to make a dedicated shortcut to the command prompt with "Start in" set to your script directory, so you don't have to cd every time.)

The same should apply to Console2.

answered Feb 22, 2011 at 17:25

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